PaSprint, Chicky, Redsfann & other bowlers...
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Some of it seems fake to me. But if not quite impressive. I'm sure it took several takes to make some of those work.
Andy Varipapa
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Andy Varipapa (March 31, 1891 ? August 25, 1984) was a professional and trick bowler. He became famous around the world for his trick bowling shots.
Varipapa was born Andrea Varipapa in Carfizzi, a small Arb?resh? comune in Calabria, the son of Francesco and Concetta (n?e Fuoco) Varipapa. After his father's death, he and his family moved to the United States, where they settled in Brooklyn, New York City.
Before becoming a professional bowler, he also played baseball, golf and had a try at a boxing career. He started his bowling career in the 1920s and soon made a reputation for himself in this sport, becoming one of the first pro bowlers in the country.
Varipapa was considered to be "the greatest one-man bowling show on Earth" because of his array of exhibition rolls, such as a "boomerang ball" that Varipapa would slowly roll down the lane, only to have it return. He was famous for his ability to convert splits and, astoundingly, could regularly convert the 7-10 split by rolling one ball from each hand, simultaneously. A film shows the balls crossing paths before meeting the pins. He made many demonstration short films over his career, including 1934's Strikes and Spares with Sally McKee and Buster Brodie.
Beyond his trick shot exhibitions, Varipapa was a solid professional bowler. In 1947, at the age of 56, he won the prestigious BPAA All-Star competition (predecessor to the U.S. Open) in a gruelling 100 game format, making him the oldest winner ever. He became the first to win two years in a row when he repeated in 1948 in spite of a dramatic comeback by Joe Wilman, who had won the All-Star in 1946. In 1949 Varipapa came close to a three peat, finishing second to winner Connie Schwoegler of Madison, Wisconsin.
Varipapa lived to be 93 years old and was an active bowler well into old age. At the age of 78, he taught himself to bowl left-handed, as his right hand was giving him difficulties. Within two years he averaged 180, a testament to his skills and longevity.
GL
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andy Varipapa (March 31, 1891 ? August 25, 1984) was a professional and trick bowler. He became famous around the world for his trick bowling shots.
Varipapa was born Andrea Varipapa in Carfizzi, a small Arb?resh? comune in Calabria, the son of Francesco and Concetta (n?e Fuoco) Varipapa. After his father's death, he and his family moved to the United States, where they settled in Brooklyn, New York City.
Before becoming a professional bowler, he also played baseball, golf and had a try at a boxing career. He started his bowling career in the 1920s and soon made a reputation for himself in this sport, becoming one of the first pro bowlers in the country.
Varipapa was considered to be "the greatest one-man bowling show on Earth" because of his array of exhibition rolls, such as a "boomerang ball" that Varipapa would slowly roll down the lane, only to have it return. He was famous for his ability to convert splits and, astoundingly, could regularly convert the 7-10 split by rolling one ball from each hand, simultaneously. A film shows the balls crossing paths before meeting the pins. He made many demonstration short films over his career, including 1934's Strikes and Spares with Sally McKee and Buster Brodie.
Beyond his trick shot exhibitions, Varipapa was a solid professional bowler. In 1947, at the age of 56, he won the prestigious BPAA All-Star competition (predecessor to the U.S. Open) in a gruelling 100 game format, making him the oldest winner ever. He became the first to win two years in a row when he repeated in 1948 in spite of a dramatic comeback by Joe Wilman, who had won the All-Star in 1946. In 1949 Varipapa came close to a three peat, finishing second to winner Connie Schwoegler of Madison, Wisconsin.
Varipapa lived to be 93 years old and was an active bowler well into old age. At the age of 78, he taught himself to bowl left-handed, as his right hand was giving him difficulties. Within two years he averaged 180, a testament to his skills and longevity.
GL
I could do that with my eyes closed, hands tied behind my back, hopping on one leg :mj07::mj07::mj07:
Not really lol
Some of those shots I thought were fake but if he did it most of his life I'm sure he perfected them. I like watching the youtube videos of the pros doing stuff like that. :0074
Not really lol
Some of those shots I thought were fake but if he did it most of his life I'm sure he perfected them. I like watching the youtube videos of the pros doing stuff like that. :0074
You can see the one he messes up at the 7min mark. Kind of adds some realism to it. It's hard for me to believe that they'd be able to fake something that well in 1930's, but who knows. I haven't seen anyone current do any tricks like these, but I'm not an avid bowler either.
I did a trick shot last night!! Ball stuck on my hand and it flew 7 feet in the air, came down with a horrendous bang around the arrows and slowly rolled down and took out the 7 pin only!! I ended up on my hands and knees across the foul line, bent my pinky back over my Cobra wrist brace, and had a horrible pain in my left leg. Wasn't sure I was going to be able to get back up and today my shins are killing me and I have a lump on my pinky. NOT something I want to do again- the sad thing is I did it two weeks ago too- with a different ball. Both nights it only happened one time, the rest of the night I had no issues. :shrug:
Could be worse :shrug:
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